Wakasugi combines his photographs of fusuma sliding doors with images and scenes he has captured around the world, to create the Fusuma Photographs. Recently, Wakasugi is exploring new territories in photography by employing mixed media such as washi paper, sumi ink, gold leaf, gold powder, and flattened silver sheets into his works.

1941 Born in Osaka
1960 Graduated from Saga Prefectural Karatsu West High School
1967 Enrolled in Tokyo Technical School of Photography in Osaka (present Tokyo Visual Arts)
1969 Graduated from Tokyo Technical School of Photography in Osaka
Started working at Roppongi Studio in Tokyo
1975 Started working as a freelance photographer
1996 A photo book My Shangri-La was published by Hirakawa Publishers
1997 Exhibition My Shangri-La at Canon Salon in Ginza, Tokyo
A photo book My Shangri-La received a prize in the Art Directors Club 76th annual awards, New York
2002 Exhibition Cosmo Tree at Japanese Embassy in Belgium
2014 Exhibition DIORAMA (Fusuma Photography) at Nikon Salon in Ginza, Tokyo
2016 Exhibition Japanese Fusuma Photography by Kenji Wakasugi - Synthesis – at Ippodo Gallery New York & Ippodo Gallery Tokyo